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Chest Contusion Overview A person with a chest contusion has a bruise to the chest wall. The bruise may involve the skin, ribs, or muscles of the chest wall. A more severe chest contusion may cause bleeding in the underlying muscle and subcutaneous tissues, resulting in a chest hematoma. What are the symptoms of a chest contusion? Symptoms of a chest contusion include chest pain, bruising, chest wall tenderness, and swelling. How does the doctor treat a chest contusion? Treatment for a chest contusion includes rest, cold compresses, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for pain.
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Chest X-Ray Your doctor may order a chest X-ray if they suspect that your symptoms have a connection to problems in your chest. Suspicious symptoms may include: chest pain; fever; persistent cough; shortness of breath; These symptoms could be the result of the following conditions, which a chest X-ray can detect: broken ribs
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- Pulmonary contusion occurs by rapid deceleration when the moving chest strikes a fixed object [12]. Pulmonary contusion occurs in 25-35% of all blunt chest traumas [13] Lung tissue is crushed when the chest wall bends inward on impact [14].
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Pertussis The classic symptoms of pertussis are a paroxysmal cough, inspiratory whoop, and fainting, or vomiting after coughing. The cough from pertussis has been documented to cause subconjunctival hemorrhages, rib fractures, urinary incontinence, hernias, and vertebral artery dissection.
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Everything You Should Know About Monovision With monovision, one lens is prescribed to see better at a distance, and the other lens is prescribed to see better close-up. The result is a compromise between distance and close-up vision. Many people have good results with monovision, and are able to reduce their use of reading glasses.he reverse is true for focusing on objects that are closer. For monovision patients, the dominant eye will be fitted with the contact lens that is suited for driving or other activities that require focusing on objects far away. Closer objects may appear to be blurrier through this eye.
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What Are Symptoms of Chest Muscle Strain? Quick Answer. Common symptoms of chest muscle strain include mild to intense pain in the upper torso, difficulty swinging the arm across the chest, bruising, muscular spasm, inflammation and weakness when lifting something heavy. People with a minor chest muscle strain may manifest little or no symptoms, states Athletic Edge.
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Chest Contusion: Care Instructions 1 Stop, change, or take a break from any activity that may be causing your pain. 2  Put ice or a cold pack on the area for 10 to 20 minutes at a time. Put a thin cloth between the ice and your skin.  After 2 or 3 days, if your swelling is gone, apply a heating pad set on low or a warm cloth to your chest.
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Heart attack symptoms: Know what's a medical emergency Typical heart attack symptoms. Chest discomfort or pain. This discomfort or pain can feel like a tight ache, pressure, fullness or squeezing in your chest lasting more than a few minutes. This discomfort may come and go. Pain or discomfort may spread beyond your chest to your shoulders, arms, back, neck, teeth or jaw.
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- Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Contusion: 1  Trauma. 2  Assault. 3  Brain injury. 4  Muscle contusion (4 causes) 5  more symptoms...».
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- Women are more likely than men to have heart attack symptoms unrelated to chest pain, such as: 1  Neck, jaw, shoulder, upper back or abdominal discomfort. 2  Shortness of breath. 3  Pain in one or both arms. 4  Nausea or vomiting. 5  Sweating. 6  Lightheadedness or dizziness. 7  Unusual fatigue.
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Pulmonary Contusion: Symptoms, Causes and Management Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Contusion. The three components of a pulmonary contusion include oedema (swelling from fluid retention), haemorrhage (profuse bleeding), and atelectasis (partial or complete collapse of the lung). However, these symptoms may not be easily detected as they are all internal.
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What is Sodium Chloride? - Definition, Structure & Formula So then, sodium ions will attract chloride ions and form an ionic bond. By the way, chloride is the term used to designate the anion form of chlorine. The result is a crystallized salt that has properties that are different from the two parent elements (sodium and chlorine).nstructor: John Williams. Sodium chloride is a compound formed from the ionic bonding of sodium and chloride. The result is a salt that is very important biologically and commercially. This article discusses sodium chloride, its properties, and its uses.
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Human Physiology/Print Version The onset of symptoms in myocardial infarction (MI) is usually gradual, over several minutes, and rarely instantaneous. Chest pain is the most common symptom of acute MI and is often described as a sensation of tightness, pressure, or squeezing. Chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of the heart muscle is termed angina pectoris.
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Symptoms Of Chest Pain 1 Pressure, fullness or tightness in your chest. 2  Crushing or searing pain that radiates to your back, neck, jaw, shoulders and arms — particularly your left arm. 3  Pain that lasts more than a few minutes, gets worse with activity, goes away and comes back or varies in intensity.
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Medtech Patho Ch 10 Common symptoms of a myocardial infarction are. left-sided, crushing-type chest pain, irregular heartbeat, dyspnea, and excessive sweating, nausea, anxiety, and denial.   . Transfusion incompatibility reactions are always fatal.
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Pulled Chest Muscles: Risk, Signs and Treatment People who have a pulled chest muscle are not in a life endangering situation, however, many believe that they are because the signs and symptoms of a pulled chest muscle mimic dangerous medical conditions like a heart attack which can lead to death. a muscle mass that can be felt or palpated because the area is swollen; 2  chest pain, particularly with arm and/or shoulder movement; 3  significant loss of movement and strength; 4  soreness over the site of the injury.
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Congestive Heart Failure Causes Edema, Fatigue and Shortness of Breath Symptoms for Treatment Symptoms indicating that a heart has weakened in pumping is most noticeable via: 1  edema. 2  fatigue. 3  cyanosis. shortness of breath.  exercise intolerance.
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Symptoms of Pleurisy Symptoms of Pleurisy. The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Pleurisy includes the 11 symptoms listed below: Chest pain. Mild chest pain. Severe chest pain. Chest pain on movement. Chest pain on breathing. Chest pain on coughing. Shallow breathing - often because pain results from deeper breathing.
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Fungal Lung Infections Signs. 1  Fever. 2  Tachycardia. 3  Tachypnoea. Wheeze.  Signs of focal pulmonary consolidation - eg, reduced expansion, dullness to percussion and bronchial 1  breathing. Signs of bronchial obstruction if thoracic lymphadenopathy is significant.  Signs of pleural effusion.
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Pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung) The following signs can indicate that you have a collapsed lung: 1  Low blood pressure. 2  Rapid heart rate. 3  Low levels of blood oxygen. 4  Loss of normal breath sounds in the part of the chest where the lung is deflated. 5  A hollow sound when the fingers are tapped on part of the chest.
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- Almost half of mediastinal tumors cause no symptoms and are found on a chest x-ray done for another reason. Symptoms that do occur are due to pressure on (compression of) local structures and may include: 1  Chest pain. 2  Chills. 3  Cough. 4  Coughing up blood (hemoptysis). 5  Fever. 6  Hoarseness. 7  Night sweats. 8  Shortness of breath.
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- How to Recognize Pulled Chest Muscle Symptoms. Pulled chest muscle symptoms can range from extremely uncomfortable, to barely noticeable. In fact, ... 1  Symptoms of a Pulled Muscle Around the Heart.
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Chest Injuries Chest Injuries. Chest Injuries Overview. A chest injury can occur as the result of an accidental or deliberate penetration of a foreign object into the chest. This type of injury can also result from a blunt trauma, leading to chest wall injury (causing rib bruises, fracture, lung or heart contusions). Chest Injury Symptoms. 1  Difficulty breathing, failure of the chest to expand normally, crunching sounds in the ribs, bruising, and coughing up blood indicate a chest injury. 2  One segment of the chest wall may not move with breathing or move opposite to the rest of the chest wall (flail chest).
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Symptom/Diagnosis List Injured muscle or rib: pain and tenderness on one side of chest after recent severe cough, injury, trauma or chest surgery. Stress, anxiety, panicattack: pain and tightening in chest, possibly frequent deep breaths, rapid heartbeat, tingling and numbness of lips, arms or legs.
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- A chest x-ray is taken. However, because a contusion may develop gradually, doctors may take more than one x-ray over a period of many hours to detect a contusion. Doctors also measure the amount of oxygen in the blood by attaching a device to a finger or toe (pulse oximeter).
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- Symptoms of Pleural Effusions. The most common symptoms, regardless of the characteristics of the fluid or the underlying cause, include: 1  Shortness of breath or rapid breathing. 2  Sharp chest pain that is worse with cough or deep breath. 3  Cough. 4  Hiccups. 5  Collapsed lung.